In hindsight, it seems absurd that we collectively trust a for-profit company to disseminate official information. Governments should probably take this opportunity to spin up their own Mastodon instances and migrate away from Twitter.
When we think back on how the Google Street View coverage looks in the EU when the majority of Germans objected to getting their houses filmed, there just might be a certain attitude against big tech companies.
In hindsight, it seems absurd that we collectively trust a for-profit company to disseminate official information. Governments should probably take this opportunity to spin up their own Mastodon instances and migrate away from Twitter.
Germany of all countries has dippped into it: https://social.bund.de/
Not quite sure how this works without fax machines, but it does.
Judging by the number of German posts I see on here as well, it seems Germany is very receptive to the idea of the fediverse.
When we think back on how the Google Street View coverage looks in the EU when the majority of Germans objected to getting their houses filmed, there just might be a certain attitude against big tech companies.
https://i.imgur.com/yYbxQi5.jpg